

New site at Raughley
We were delighted to have a site we recently discovered at Raughley Point, Sligo added to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. The mound (SL007-051) is a low grass covered platform likely to be a barrow. The southern edge has been badly eroded by the sea, exposing the mound in section. The damage is the result of storm action and high seas causing the mound to be D shaped in plan, when it would have been originally circular in plan. This site illustrates the need to monitor